Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commuters to the capital obviously decided to take a long weekend or were put up in hotels overnight by their employers , said a spokesman . |
| 2 | However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . " |
| 3 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |
| 4 | It is not intended to legitimise the longer working day in the present industry . |
| 5 | Kulaks who joined the Imperial Navy , even in the commissioned ranks , did not normally expect to enjoy a long life . |
| 6 | In the example of the paperclip business the purchaser may already have its own metal foundry and surplus premises and will not wish to acquire the long term supply contracts or factory premises . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait . |
| 8 | If country banks were a product of the latter half of the eighteenth century , country banking functionally defined has a longer history , despite the fact that only a dozen institutions formally known as banks were in existence before 1750 . |
| 9 | ‘ We 're already trying to heal the long rift . |
| 10 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 11 | The centre 's directors recognise that the price of a microcomputer still has to fall a long way before the machines can play an important role in Third World education . |
| 12 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 13 | When everyone first subbed , the local mailer machine always chose to use the long form ( eg ) . |
| 14 | The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh also has had a long involvement with the cultivation and development of plants with medicinal properties and we have our own Scottish traditions of herbal cures for a long list of ailments . |
| 15 | Home-grown : Edinburgh 's Royal Botanic Garden also has had a long involvement with the development of plants with medicinal properties |
| 16 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |
| 17 | The Prince , of course , had to go and say hello , and disappeared once again , emerging ten minutes later having had a long discussion with the chief brass player . |
| 18 | The fourth John Booth founded another major firm in partnership with John Hartop and George Binks , whose own families also had had a long involvement in the local metal trades . |
| 19 | This means that , although it was originally intended to publish a longer work , it was never completed and that the three volumes out of the planned six , or some other combination , are all that will ever be available , unless some other author is eventually commissioned to complete the job . |
| 20 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
| 21 | He quietly looked into solving his problems , he got some treatment and really has come a long way . |
| 22 | She really did have a long way to go , and she had not yet learned to recognise the precise lineaments , the demeanour and the shape of the shadow of Stan . |
| 23 | A little really does go a long way , so apply sparingly , by dotting on minute amounts and rubbing in well — only re-apply every three hours or so . |
| 24 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 25 | A much quoted example is in Latin American cultures , where sales representatives are often kept waiting a long time for a business appointment ; in our culture this would be unorthodox , and at best it would be seen as being very bad mannered . |
| 26 | This is a wonderful place — but I do n't want to stay a long time . |
| 27 | Er well I do n't want to make a long speech , ladies and gentlemen , but when you return to the States I hope you 'll take some happy memories with you and remember , we have not forgot you , especially those chaps who failed to return . |
| 28 | It does n't have to take a long time , it 's up to us here and now . |
| 29 | A path is simply a set of instructions like that , but you do n't have to type a long string of commands to do the job . |
| 30 | You do n't have to write a long article . |